Harvester



(No Model.)

J. 0. Vi WISE.

HARVESTER.

N0. 600,666. Patented Mar. 15,1898.

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JOSEPH O. V. IVISE, OF CANFIELD, COLORADO.

HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,666, dated March 15, 1898.

Application filed February 1,1898. Serial No. 668,758. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH O. V. WISE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Oanfield, in the county of Boulder and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harvesters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which forms a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a device for equalizing the weight of the binding-table and its attachments of self binding harvesters when it is moved forward toward the horses to accommodate the table and tying mechanism to short grain; and the object of my invention is to connect the drivers seat in such a manner to the binding-table that when the driver moves the binding-table forward or backward the driver and the seat will be moved with it, but in areverse direction from that of the table, and the drivers weight will serve to counteract and equalize the weight of the table. In the present state of the art self-binding harvesters are provided with a binding and tying mechanism which is slidably mounted to the framework of the binder and is adapted to be moved some six to twelve inches on the frame to accommodate the binding and tying mechanism to properly bind both short and long grain. This table and tying mechanism is very heavy, and when it is moved toward the horses a portion of its weight is thrown on the front of the machine and tongue, and consequently on the horses necks. This bindingtable is arranged so that when in its normal position it is adapted for long grain and in that position substantially balances the machine upon its main driving and carrying wheels; but when the binder is used in a field of grain that contains patches of long and short grain the driver must repeatedly change the position of the binding-table, and consequently has to intermittently throw on and offof the horses necks the overbalanced weight of the binding-table. I obtain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which represents a fragmentary perspective view of such parts of a grain-bindingharvesting-machine as are necessary to illustrate my invention.

Referring to the drawing, A and B designate supporting-yokes which form a part of the framework of the binder.

. O designates the rear side board of the binder.

D and E are brackets secured to the end boards O.

F and G are two rectangular rails. They are secured to the brackets D and E. All binders are provided with these two rails or with a single rail or tube in substantially the same position, and the drivers seat H and its supporting-bar I are secured to them in some convenient manner. .1

J designates a rail secured to the outside of the yoke-pieces A and B of the frame. To this rail a bracket K is slidably connected by means of the rollers L and the projection M. This bracket supports the outer end of the binding-table N.

O is a rod which extends from the yoke A to yoke B. On this rod is slidably mounted a box P, which is secured to the under side of the table, a portion of which is cut away to show the box more plainly. The table is consequently slidably supported on the rod 0 by this box P and on the rail J by the bracket M. To a suitable projecting part of the box P, I secure a rod Q, which is pivotally connected to the end of a crank-arm R, which is formed on the end of the rod S. The rod S is supported by the bracket T, which is secured to the yoke A. The supporting-bar I of the seat extends to a truck X, which comprises a table portion Y, provided with two upward-projectin g lugs Z, between which the end of the supporting-bar I rests and is secured in any suitable manner to the table portion of the truck. From the table portion two arms 1 and 2 extend downward, and each arm has secured to it at its lower end a roller 3, which rests on top of the rails F and G. These two arms are located at the end of the truck nearest to the seat. At the opposite end of the table portion of the truck two arms 4 and 5 extend down below the rails and have pivoted to them rollers 6 and 7, which bear on the lower edge of the rails. The truck is thus secured to the rails against tipping up under the weight of the driver and is perfectly free to be moved along the rails with the seat by any movement in either direction.

To the side of the end piece of the frame of the machine I secure the lower end of a segment-shaped casting 8. The rod S passes freely through the center portion of the segment, and at the side of the segment upon the rod S an operating-lever 9 is secured, which is provided with a common form of lookingbolt, which is arranged to engage notches formed in the top of the segment. This lever and segment are arranged on all binders within reach of the drivers seat, and a mechanism substantially the same as that portion of the rod S and the crank R and the rod connecting it with the binding-table is used to move the binding-table on the frame.

These several parts are suffioient to illustrate the application of my invention to a harvesting-machine.

To apply my invention, I extend the rod S to about opposite the seat H and support it at this point by a bracket T, which is secured to the bracket D. At the end of the rod S adjacent to the bracket T a crank-arm U is formed integrally in the end of the rod.

This crank-arm extends to and is slidably connected in a slot V, formed in a depending lever W, which is secured to the bottom of the drivers seat H.

The operation of my invention is as follows: When the driver is in the seat and wishes to throw the table forward to accommodate it to small grain, he moves the lever 9 back in the direction of the arrow 10, which movement moves the crank-arm R and the binding-table M in the direction of the arrow 11, and also moves the crank-arm U in the direction of the arrow 12, which is in an opposite direction from the movement of the table, and the driver, the seat, and the truck are moved back also in an opposite direction from the movement of the table. The 'amount of the movement of the driver and seat depends upon the length of the crank-arm U, and it should be enough to counterbalance the weight of the binding-table when thrown forward over the center of balance of the machine.

Thus if the table is moved forward ten inches the seat may be moved back from ten to twenty inches, or whatever amount is necessary to balance the weight of the table with the weight of the average man. When the driver reverses the movement of the operating-lever 9 in the direction of the arrow 13, the table is drawn back to its normal position and the crank-arm U is moved forward in the direction of the. arrow 15, and the driver and seat are also moved forward by it, and both will then rest in a normal position. The balance of the machine is thus always maintained whether the movement of the table in either direction is its full'movement or only a portion thereof.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination in a binder, of the binding-table mounted to be moved a predeterwheels, a seat-support secured to said car, a'

drivers seat secured to said support, a slotted lug depending from said seat, a crank on one end of said rod having its free end slidably secured to said slotted lug,a crank on the opposite end of said rod and a lever pivoted at one end to said crank and at its opposite end to the binding-table, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH O. V. WISE. Witnesses:

FREDERIC S. WATKINS, JOHN GEORGE LEYNER. 

